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<v Speaker 1>Hey, you're listening to dark Cast Network, the best of

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<v Speaker 1>at darkcastnetwork dot com. I'm Jamie and you're listening to

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<v Speaker 1>Rainbow Crimes with hopefully some Unicorn Justice.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey guys, it's me CJ. To be honest, I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>think i'd be able to get this minisod ready and

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<v Speaker 2>out on time. And I feel a little bad because

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not able to get it out at least ten

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<v Speaker 2>to twelve hours early like I usually do for my patrons.

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<v Speaker 2>But at least it'll still be ad free for my patrons.

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<v Speaker 2>Camping was a lot of fun. It was a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of work, just getting ready to go, trying to remember everything,

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<v Speaker 2>packing up the cars, unpacking the car when we got there,

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<v Speaker 2>setting up camp, and then three days later breaking camp down,

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<v Speaker 2>packing up the cards again, and driving home, all with

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<v Speaker 2>three dogs to watch at the same time. It was

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<v Speaker 2>also super cold out when the sun went down, even

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<v Speaker 2>with a fire and our fire pit, but in our tent,

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<v Speaker 2>which was a small two person tent, Jack and I

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<v Speaker 2>would cuddle up at night to keep warm. The first night,

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<v Speaker 2>the kids and I played a drinking game called King's

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<v Speaker 2>Cup with playing cards each card had a different rule

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<v Speaker 2>and it was so much fun. We laughed a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>The food we cooked was really yummy. I'm not sure

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<v Speaker 2>why camping food always tastes so good. My daughter's boyfriend

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<v Speaker 2>cooked up this wagoose steak over the fire pit the

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<v Speaker 2>second night. It was so tender it melted in your mouth.

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<v Speaker 2>And my daughter made veggie skewers with squash, onion, mushrooms,

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<v Speaker 2>and bell peppers. It was a great beast. I did

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<v Speaker 2>mostly clean up and run to the dumpster with our trash.

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<v Speaker 2>The dogs got to play in the river that was

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<v Speaker 2>right behind us, and it was our favorite part of

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<v Speaker 2>the whole trip. The second night, I hid some Easter

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<v Speaker 2>eggs with candy and lottery tickets around our campsite, and

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<v Speaker 2>the kids took a nighttime Easter egg hunt. They liked that. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>we had a really great time and Jack is now

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<v Speaker 2>an experienced camping dog. When we got home, unloaded, did

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen or so loads of laundry. We just relaxed and

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<v Speaker 2>didn't do much of anything besides veg out in front

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<v Speaker 2>of TV shows and play video games for a couple days.

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<v Speaker 2>But I thought today Thursday now that I'm feeling a

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<v Speaker 2>little more rested, I should look into a case and

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<v Speaker 2>try to get it ready for a minisode. So let's

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<v Speaker 2>get on that. This minisode comes to us from the

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<v Speaker 2>UK in twenty twenty one. But I would like to

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<v Speaker 2>forewarn you after five years there's been no resolve to it,

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<v Speaker 2>and I believe the reason for that can be attributed

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<v Speaker 2>to shoddy police work and biases by them about the

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<v Speaker 2>LGBTQ community. London's Metropolitan Police is the same police force

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<v Speaker 2>that were dismissive about the victims of gay serial killer

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<v Speaker 2>Stephen Port just six years earlier. Nineteen year old Edward

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<v Speaker 2>Corns was very excited to have been accepted into the

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<v Speaker 2>history program at University College in London. His parents dropped

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<v Speaker 2>him off at his dorm on Monday, October eleventh, twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty one. Ed was a straight A student. He was

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<v Speaker 2>his mom's best friend. They used to talk about anything

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<v Speaker 2>and everything, and the boy could make her laugh, so

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure the farewell for now was bittersweet for the

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<v Speaker 2>both of them. Never did Ed's mom or dad think

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<v Speaker 2>after they dropped him off at school, Ed would be dead.

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<v Speaker 2>Two days later, in the early hours of Wednesday, October thirteenth,

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<v Speaker 2>Ed left the campus and reportedly by other students, he

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<v Speaker 2>was staggering and drunk. After a night out outside on

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<v Speaker 2>the campus, he bumped into fifty five year old Matthew Butler.

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<v Speaker 2>This man invited Ed to a party at his friend,

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<v Speaker 2>fifty seven year old Ian Casimir's basement hotel room in

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<v Speaker 2>King's Crossing, but first they took an uber to Matthew's

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<v Speaker 2>drug dealer to score some drugs. This all happened right

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<v Speaker 2>around three am. Ed's toxicology report showed that he had

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<v Speaker 2>consumed a lot of alcohol, and I mean a lot,

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<v Speaker 2>more than three times the limit to be able to

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<v Speaker 2>get behind the will of a vehicle. It was enough

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<v Speaker 2>to impair his reasoning and judgment making skills for sure,

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<v Speaker 2>and from the sound of it, it also affected his

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<v Speaker 2>balance and and his ability to walk. He also tested

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<v Speaker 2>positive for meth in GHB gamma hydruxibutyrate, which we've talked

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<v Speaker 2>about before another episodes. It's a date rape drug. The

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<v Speaker 2>party that Ed was invited to was a sex party

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<v Speaker 2>with these two much older men that he didn't know,

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<v Speaker 2>men who were old enough to know that they should

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<v Speaker 2>have taken care of Ed when he appeared to have

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<v Speaker 2>been Odean men who were old enough to call for

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<v Speaker 2>help at the first sign of Ed having symptoms of odeine.

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<v Speaker 2>But instead of helping Ed, these men put his boxer

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<v Speaker 2>shorts back on to him backwards, mind you, and they waited.

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<v Speaker 2>These men waited until around eleven am in the morning,

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<v Speaker 2>hours after Ed had died to call for emergency services. Initially,

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<v Speaker 2>Ian and Matthew were arrested for Ed's death, but they

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<v Speaker 2>were both released by the Meta Tripolitan police with no

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<v Speaker 2>further investigation into them. The police called their statements non suspicious.

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<v Speaker 2>After the police received the coroner's report that Ed died

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<v Speaker 2>from the drugs and the alcohol in his system, it

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<v Speaker 2>didn't matter to the police that there were discrepancies in

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<v Speaker 2>both of the men's stories. Ian had said he was

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<v Speaker 2>just going to give Matthew a spiritual reading and when

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<v Speaker 2>Matthew and Ed arrived, he just watched TV. Matthew had

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<v Speaker 2>said that they all did drugs and then he had

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<v Speaker 2>sex with Ed in the shower while Matthew pleasured himself.

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<v Speaker 2>Ian and Matthew had known each other from their church,

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<v Speaker 2>and they had kept their relationship a secret until now.

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<v Speaker 2>And the discrepancies and the men's story and the police

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<v Speaker 2>releasing the men, saying that their stories were non suspicious.

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<v Speaker 2>This was just the tip of it all for a

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<v Speaker 2>very botched and clearly apathetic approach roach into this case

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<v Speaker 2>by the Metropolitan Police. Five days after Ed's death, crucial

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<v Speaker 2>evidence in the case began disappearing from the Metropolitan Police's possession.

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<v Speaker 2>First was CCTV footage of the night, footage that could

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<v Speaker 2>have shown Ed's staggering and drunk, proving that he was

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<v Speaker 2>in no shape to give consent to anyone for anything,

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<v Speaker 2>not for sex and not for drugs. Crucial blood samples

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<v Speaker 2>from both Ian and Matthew were suddenly lost. Many items

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<v Speaker 2>from the hotel room taken as evidence, such as a

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<v Speaker 2>lampshade with a strange orm stain, sheets, towels, drinking glasses.

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<v Speaker 2>They all vanished, and then three months later more evidence

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<v Speaker 2>would disappear from a supposedly secure evidence locker. Data from

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<v Speaker 2>Ed's phone and computer, a voicemail he had sent just

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<v Speaker 2>before his death to his grandmother all gone. Metropolitan Police officers,

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<v Speaker 2>when speaking of the case, were fixated on the fact

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<v Speaker 2>Ed was gay. They called him a rent boy, They

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<v Speaker 2>called him a male prostitute. They said things like gay

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<v Speaker 2>men have trays of drugs. They all but came out

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<v Speaker 2>and said because Ed was a fag, he deserved what

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<v Speaker 2>happened to him. The police painted a picture that not

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<v Speaker 2>only Ed was gay and a rent boy, but Ed

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<v Speaker 2>was a drug dealer too. This police force has known

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<v Speaker 2>history of being homophobic, and they have had at least

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<v Speaker 2>twenty seven reports filed against them in recent years just

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<v Speaker 2>for their homophobic ways of handling cases that involved the

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<v Speaker 2>LGBTQ community as victims. The IOPC, which stands for Independent

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<v Speaker 2>Office for Police Conduct, launched and invests investigation into the

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<v Speaker 2>bias filled police thanks in due to Ed's family. The

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<v Speaker 2>investigation began this month on March eighteenth. While the investigation

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<v Speaker 2>is still in its very early phases, hopefully something will

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<v Speaker 2>come of it. More training or firings of these homophobic

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<v Speaker 2>officers will occur, although too little, too late. In January

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty six, Commander Stephen Kleiman of the Metropolitan Police

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<v Speaker 2>issued a formal apology to Ed's family, admitting that the

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<v Speaker 2>investigation did not meet the high standards we expect, though

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<v Speaker 2>the force maintains that there was no third party involvement.

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<v Speaker 2>That's kind of a half ass apology for their incompetency.

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<v Speaker 2>If you ask me, no third party involvement. That must

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<v Speaker 2>mean the idiots who work under him are the ones

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<v Speaker 2>who lost all the evidence. In the case, I'd fire

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<v Speaker 2>his sorry, but first rest in power ed. I love

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<v Speaker 2>you warriors. You matter very much. Remember it's not a

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<v Speaker 2>crime to be gay or to live your truth, unless

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<v Speaker 2>you're a murderer.